Broad Cove Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s cooking for Broad Cove.

Honestly, mates, it’s a bit of a flat spell for the next couple of weeks. We’ve got a long stretch of very underwhelming swell and mostly poor conditions, so don’t go getting your hopes up too high. The first solid glimmer of something half-decent doesn’t show up until Saturday the 15th of August, and even then, it’s just a glimmer.

The water is sitting at 62°F right now, which is a touch warmer than normal for this time of year, so at least a paddle won’t be a shock to the system.

Let’s run through it. The first few days are all tiny, short-period dribble from the SSW. Thursday the 6th has a morning window with a light cross-off breeze and waves around 2ft, but the combined energy is a weak 51. It’s surfable, but it’s very ordinary. Thursday afternoon and all of Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday are just as bad – tiny waves, poor quality, and not worth the drive. The energy numbers are all in the teens and twenties, just a sad story.

We get a bit of a reprieve on Saturday the 15th of August. The morning shows a 3ft SSW swell with a bit more energy at 75, and a clean offshore wind from the NNW. It’s still not great, but it’s the best we’ve seen by a long shot. The afternoon holds okay with a 3ft wave and a light cross-off breeze. This is the only real standout in the whole run, and it’s still pretty average.

The swell drops right back to nothing after that. Sunday the 16th is back to 1ft, and the following week is more of the same – tiny, weak swells from the SSW and SE, with periods that are all over the shop. The only thing worth noting is that on the 19th and 20th, we get a bit of a longer period from the SE (9 seconds), but the swell height is just 1.0ft to 1ft, so even with glassy conditions, there’s just no wave face to work with.

The very end of the outlook, on Friday the 21st of August, shows a bit of a pulse. A 3ft SSW swell rolls in with a glassy morning, and the combined energy jumps to 130. That’s the first time we’ve seen a three-digit number in weeks. But the afternoon wind swings onshore and messes it up.

So, the long and short of it: if you are desperate for a paddle, Saturday the 15th of August morning is your best shot. Clean, offshore wind, and a metre of swell. Don’t expect anything epic, but it’s the closest to a proper surf session this forecast has to offer. The rest of the run is a write-off, I’m afraid.

Rusty.

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